Table 2 Summary of the identified candidate regions and important genes of six biological phenotypes. For each phenotype, the candidate genes shown in bold were newly identified in this study while the un-bolded were reported previously

Coat color

8

40,162,068-43,262,938

SNP

KIT, PDGFRA, KDR

8

46,403,615-48,403,616

SNP

RAPGEF2

13

44,164,643-46,177,438

SNP

ADAMTS9, ATXN7

8

40,156,302-42,630,783

InDel

KIT, PDGFRA, KDR

8

45,117,702-49,266,658

InDel

RAPGEF2, PDGFC

13

44,164,516-46,164,570

InDel

ADAMTS9, ATXN7

7

56,026,800-58,031,600

CNV

CSPG4, PEAK1

8

40,222,800-42,784,000

CNV

KIT, PDGFRA, KDR

Ear shape

5

29,390,982-31,646,769

SNP

MSRB3, HMGA2, WIF1, LEMD3, GRIP1

7

29,294,596-31,559,390

SNP

PPARD, TEAD3, TULP1, BAK1

5

29,444,163-31,682,975

InDel

MSRB3, HMGA2, WIF1, LEMD3, GRIP1

7

29,303,723-31,303,724

InDel

PPARD, TEAD3, TULP1, BAK1

5

28,826,400-30,866,000

CNV

MSRB3, HMGA2, WIF1, LEMD3, GRIP1

Body height

7

29,294,596-31,458,775

SNP

PPARD, SCUBE3, HMGA1, TEAD3, TULP1, GRM4, NUDT3, RPS10, PACSIN1, SPDEF

Body length

3

93,189,763-95,189,764

SNP

PRKCE

7

29,332,971-31,332,972

SNP

SCUBE3, HMGA1, GRM4, NUDT3, RPS10, PACSIN1, SPDEF

3

93,166,180-95,166,181

InDel

PRKCE

Body weight

1

264,450,139-266,536,416

SNP

NR6A1

2

71,760,896-74,331,103

SNP

ALKBH7

4

74,356,597-76,411,729

SNP

PLAG1

8

11,996,794-13,996,795

SNP

LCORL

17

16,190,245-18,190,246

SNP

PLCB4

X

89,361,633-91,410,843

SNP

ACSL4

1

264,516,132-266,534,178

InDel

NR6A1

2

71,953,098-73,953,099

InDel

ALKBH7

4

74,366,801-76,390,440

InDel

PLAG1

15

108,303,388-110,303,389

InDel

PARD3B

X

89,368,172-91,402,512

InDel

ACSL4

Gradient zone

5

92,898,692-94,907,622

SNP

KITLG

8

40,286,000-42,286,001

SNP

KIT, PDGFRA, KDR

11

49,086,896-51,103,489

SNP

EDNRB

11

61,719,059-63,719,060

SNP

DCT

5

92,904,398-94,906,740

InDel

KITLG

11

49,076,945-51,087,682

InDel

EDNRB

13

49,358,504-51,358,505

InDel

MITF